BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN H. I W. C I E6LEV, PROP'BS,
Entered at tKe rot/office at Butler as
second-claws matter.
COURT, special term, commences
next Monday and continues three
weeks.
J ('STICKS' blanks on hand and for
sale at the CITIZEN office. Also other ,
blanks prepared on short notice.
SOME fifty nominations were made
in the Senate and House at Harris
burg on tie 12th inst, for United
States Senator.
HON. ABRAHAM MCCANDLKKS, the
newly elected Associate Judge for this
county, was sworn into his office on
Monday week last.
COMMUNION services will be held in
the Mount Chestnut U. P. Church, on
next Sabbath, 16th inst., and preaching
in the evening at 6i P. M., by the pas
tor, Rev. T. W. Yoong.
MR. REUBEN SIIANOR, of Prospect,
was appointed a paster and folder in
the House at Harrisburg last week.
This was the only position this county
received in the Legislature.
THERE were 42 degrees difference in
the thermometer at this place between
the mornings of Wednesday, 12th and
Thursday 13th insts., Wednesday be
ing 12 below and Thursday 30 above
zero. ____ _
A. M. CUNNINGHAM, the newly
elected District Attorney for this
county, took the oath of office as such
on Monday week last We under
stand he has nominated to the Court
Mr. Levi H. Edmondson, of Prospect,
as County Detectiye.
AN event announced to take place
on the 26th inst., is the marriage of
O. D. Thompson, Esq., late of this
place, to a Boston lady. The newly
made couple will receive their friends
at the Monongahela House, Pittsburgh,
on and after February 10th.
JUST how those members of the
Legislature from counties whose con
stituents last Bummor, when nominat
ing them, instructed them to vote for
Mr. Grow for Senator, can go back of
those instructions it is very difficult to
see. They certainly will be held to an
account by their people, if they do so.
HON. DANIEL AGNEW, Ex-Chief JUS.
tice of the Supreme Court of thip
State, will lecture before the Ladies'
Association of this place, in the Court
House, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 18,
inst. His subject will be, "The Philo
sophical Nature and Fitness of the
Christian System and Pennsylvania a
Christian State." A rare treat is ex
pected. Let all hear Judge Agnew.
MR. POMEROY, the Chairman of the
noose caucus at Harrisburg, last
Monday evening a week, was certain
ly the fairent man we ever heard of.
He was authorized to appoiut a com
mittee of fifteen on "the slate," as it is
called, and appointed every oue of said
fifteen from one side and of members
who voted for him as said Chairman—
not giving his opponents a simple
member .on the committee.
MR. AND MRS. JUDGE BREDIN on
Tuesday evening last gave a reception
at their residence for the benefit of the
Rev. Edmund Burke and wife, the new
Episcopalian minister of this place.
Tbe other ministers of the place and
their wives, with a few other friends
were invited. The idea (a good one)
was to introduce and make acquainted
the families of the different ministers
with that of the new one. A good
supper was served and the occasion is
said to have been very entertaining
and pleasant.
IN the organization of the House at
Harrisburg laet week, Mr. Brabam vo
ted with the anti-ring element and Mr.
Bell otherwise. But this difference be
tween our members, we have reason
to believe, will not extend to tbe more
important matter of electing a United
States Senator. Mr. Bell has said he
will not vote for Oliver, who is pressed
by tbe ring managers. We have no
doubt but that the votes of Messrs.
Braham and Bell, with that of Mr
Greer, our Senator, will be in accord
with- tbe very general sentiment pre
vailing among their constituents and
in favor of a fit man for Senatot as
against the man put up by the machine
managers.
THANKS.
We return our thanks to the fire
companies of the town and our citizens
generally for their prompt aid iu ex
tinguishing the fire in the CITIZEN of
ficfi last Tuesday morning. The ex
ceeding cold weather and tbe early
hour at which, the fire occurred, to
gether with some of the water
plugs being frozen, caused delay in
arresting the progress of the fire. But
our loss might have been much greater
than it is, being principally to the
tmilding, which is insured in the
Butler Mutual Insurance Co., of this
place. The presses and printing ma
terial, so far as we can yet know, arc
but little injured.
We desire also to return our thanks
to the other papers here, the Eagle and
Herald, for their kiud offers of assist
ance towards issuing a paper this
week, and ulso for their friendly
notices. With an effort the CITIZEN
appears bat a day or two behind its
usual time. Our readers will under
stand tbe cause.
We should also say that the Alu.
trial Company here, in which we are
insured, promptly proposed to make
all repairs and replace all damage done
Un huildiug.
MANY matters hue l>een crowded
out of this week's paper.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The State Legislature convened on
the 4th inst. The Senate was organ
ized bv the election of Senator Newell,
of Philadelphia, as its President pro
tern., with the usual list of other offi
cers •The House organized by the
election of Hon. B L. Hewit, of Blair
county, as its Speaker, with a full list
of Republican officers. The Gover
nor's message was received and read,
and after the transaction of some other
business, both branches adjourned for
a week. It re-assembles to-day. We
will endeavor to keep the readers of
the CITIZEN posted on all legislation
proposed of any interest to us here, and
also of the proceedings of Congress
this winter.
DARK HORSES.
Many arc the "dark horses" for the
U. S. Senator soon to be chosen by
Legislature. And we think this is a
favorable sign. It shows the people
are taking great interest in this great
question, and that they are not dis
posed to let one man or a few men
only say who shall be our U. S. Sena
tors.
At Harrisburg last week, in the
preliminary organization of the Legis
lature, all of the "dark horses" con
ceived it to be their interest to break
up, as it was termed, the forces or
strength of Mr. Grow, who was known
to be the leading candidate. In this
they claim to have succeeded, though
the friends of Mr. Grow do not admit
it, but are still claiming that he will
pull through. But the eftect of the
assault upon Grow was to strengthen
Oliver, the "Dungannon Boy," as his
friends call him. This result was un
expected by tbe "dark horses" gen
erally, and now the question among
them is bow to "break up" the forces
of the youug Irishman. It will keep
them busy to do it, but the general
opinion is that it will be done and a
"dark horse" carry away the prize in
the end. Just who that "dark horse"
may be is "what no feliow can find
out." We look for a lively time in
the caucus to be held Thursday even
ing for settling upon tbe coming man.
THE~BUSINESS BOOM.
Some three or four weeks ago we
referred to the increase of business
taking place in Butler, and we are
pleased to state tbe fact that it con
tinue3. Never was there a winter in
which more country produce has been
brought in, particularly of grain For
this "boom," as it is termed, wo are
mainly indebted to the enterprising
owners of our steam flouring mills,
Messrs. Walter & Boos, Klingler «fc
Sons and Reiber k Sons. The amount
of grain they purchased from the
farmers is said to be very large, and
paying for it in cash at good prices.
This has helped all other branches of
business. These mills have introduc
ed all the latest improvements in Hour
making and the competition among
them has not only made a plentiful
supply of flour at low rates but mu :h is
being shipped to other parts. If the
same spirit of rivalry could only be
started in other branches of business it
would still add to the good times ex
isting. If grain alone produces the
trade it has, and brings to the farmers
the money they need, we hope to see
still further attention given by thorn
to tbe amount put in the ground and
the proper cultivation of the same.
Lime is now being much used to eu
rich the soil and this, with other im
provements going on, is destined to
soon make Butler tbe leading grain
growing county in western Pennsyl
vania.
WHO WILL BE SENATOR ?
The above question, ia ull probabili
ty, will be determined in the caucus of
Republican members of the Legislature
that will be held to-morrow evening at
Harrisburg. If the choice shall IK; of
one known to tbe party and people of
the State as fit for the high trust, then
all will be satisfied. But if of one not
so known, and having no strength ex
cept what is given him by "the ma
chine," then the tamper of the party
will be to hold to a strict accountability
ail who thus trifle with one of the high
est offices in its gift. The western part
of the State, with much reason and
force, claims the present Senator. But
it wants a man of known ability and
one who will honor himself, the party
and the Stute. So far there has been
no settling upon such an one. It may
be done in the general Republican cau
cus to-morrow evening But if not, the
Republicans of this county, to our cer
tain knowledge, prefer any man of abil
itv and fitness for the place, no matter
from what particular part of the State,
rather than to one of no reputation or
ability, and who is the candidate of the
machine politicians only. The selection
of such a one will be iu open contempt
and defiance of the sentiment and hon
or of the Republicans of this great
Commonwealth. Shall they be humili
ated ? Shall they lie compelled to drop
their heads in shame ? Shall they be
compelled to admit that the honest and
great masses of tbe parly are powerless,
and that a few, who bold positions bu
stowed upon them by the party, can
now use those very positions to defeat
the will and wishes of that party ? Can
they force upon us and into so high and
honorable a place as the United Str.tes
Senate, a man without experience, with
out the age, education or ability to de
fend the State or speak in her behalf
when necessary? We do not lielicve
such au iusiilt to the intelligence of the
Republican party of this State awaits
h*. i ,
Ctpe i&ulUJc P«u, Jattmtrff 12, 1881.
GOVERNOR'S ME3SAGE
. There ar<- many matters of interest
to the people of this State referred to in
Gov. Hoyt's Message 4 to the Legisla
ture, some of which we may notice
hereafter. The following as to our
public schools and educationa' affairs
will be found of much interest:
EDUCATION.
The State is carrying on its system
of public instruction in three directions :
Public Schools, Normal Schools, and
the Soldiers' Orphans Schools. The
report of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Dr, J. P. W ickersham, w:ll
receive your careful attention. His
views and recommendations are en
titled to your consideration, by virtue
of bis loDg, intelligent, and effective
service ; and his very extensive expe
rience with public schools in our own
State, ip other States, and in the Old
World. It is most gratifying that he
reports the organization of the common
schools more complete than ever be
fore, and "in all departments charac
terized by a vigorous life and a pro
gressive spirit." The whole number
of graded schools is 7,037 —the number
of schools not graded, 11,018. The
total number of pupils on the rolls is
'137,310, with an average attendance of
77 per cent. The expenditures of all
kinds for the year ending June, I3SO,
not including orphan or normal schools,
were £7,482,577 75. The value of
the school property of the State is
$25,467,097. The total indebtedness
of all the school districts in the State,
including those in cities and boroughs,
is only $2,648,495 84, while there re
main iu the various treasuries of the
districts, balances amounting to sl,-
425,213 16. These are satisfactory
figures, and indicate the permanent
value which this agency of progress
holds in tha minds of the people.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
The condition of the normal schools
and of their property will require your
notice. There ha»e been twenty-nine
hundred students in attendance during
the past year. The value of their
property is estimated at $1,366,395 17.
These schools are ten in number. In
their establishment, there may be set
down as contributed by private sub
scriptions $400,000 The State has
contributed for grounds, buildings and
apparatus, up to year 1878, £645,000.
The debts of the schools may be put at
$250,000. The appropri tions by the
State to these schools has, for some
years, been SIOO,OOO annually. By a
mere arbitrary mode of distribution,
and no other seemed feasible, this sum
has been parcelled out equally—slo,-
000 to each. For these sums, liens
have been taken in favor of the State.
They have been compelled to use their
appropriations in jpaying old floating
debts, or in keeping down interest on
the mortgages and other liens against
them. Resources which should be ex
pended in the active conduct of the
schools are thus absorbed in the reduc
tion of debts which cripple them ; arid
this reduction is not being accomplish
ed in the liest and most economical
manner for the State or the schools.
Besides, the annual appropriation has
a tendency to induce the belief that it
is to be a permanent relief, and weak
ens the administration and efficiency of
the system.
The correst policy for the State now
to adopt will be to pay off the entire
indebtedness of the normal schools;
and, so far as a surrender of the rights
of shareholders and contributors can
be secured, place the ownership of the
several properties and all liens, in the
State. After such provision in their
behalf, the schools ought to be self
supporting, and doubtless will become
so. No further aid from the State
should thereafter be expected by them.
HOLIM Kits' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS.
The conduct of these schools calls
for no abatement in the pride with
which all have watched their organiza
tion and growth. The supervision
over them has been intelligent and rig
id The inspections have been thor
ough HM to the physical surroundings
and material well-being of the inmates
of the several schools, Children ad
mitted under existing laws must be,
long to one of three classes;
1. Those whose fathers were either
j killed or died of disease while in the
| army. Only one hundred of this class
remain.
2. Those whose fathers have died
since the close of the war of wounds or
disease contracted while in the ser
vice.
3 Those whose fathers are living,
but are so disabled by wounds or dis
ease contracted while iu the army,that
they are unable to support their fami
lies ; and in all the eases, the children
must be under sixteen years of ag ,
and in destitute circumstances. It
must be said that the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, while under the
pressure of those who say he is too
strict and is admitting too few, and the
criticism of those who say be is too lax
and is admitting too many, has, at all
times, justly and firmly construed the
statutes governing fbese schools—al
ways aiming to provide foi> u-nlly
meritorious, and to guard the State
against fraud.
There are two thousand five bun
dred and eighty children under the
care of the State in these schools, and
the cost of the system the past year
was $351,421 59. For the years 1881
and 1882, about $700,000 will be need
ed.
The Superintendent, in bis annual
report, says: "In making the usual
appropriations for the orphan schools,
the Legislature of 1878 provided that
no more children should be admitted
i' to them after the first day of June,
1882, and that they should be finally
cloyed on the first day of June, 1885.
Should this law stand, the system can
be made to come to an Pfjd in a way
both creditable to it and the State. Tli.i
record it will leave, will form the
brightest page in our history. It will
have supported, educated and prepared
for uaeiijiijeSii twelyp of the
sons and daughters or dead U'l'i 'Jisa
bled soldiers, and will have expended
in this noble work the magnificent sum
of $8,000,000. The whole world may
bo spqrcl)ed in vaiu for another such
example of Jjeneyolencc."
The following from the Governor';;
message, relative to sending -children
to poor houses, etc., must attract the
earnest consideration of all the benevo
lent men and women iu the Common-
Wt'ft'tb :
EUILOASY JI? POOR HOUSES.
From the State Hoard c»f J'ljbJje
Charities, from tin? official declaration*
made iu the State conventions of Poor
Directors, and from the testimony of
interested citizens on all sides, comes a
swelling protest against the longer (
continuance of the evil and disgrace :
attending the presence of children in j
our alms houses and poor houses. In
the past five years over three thousand \
children, under sixteen years old, have
been temporary or permanent residents i
of these insiitut'ons. A disclosure of ;
some of the facts, gathered from the
sources above indicated, would shock
the community, nor would a sense of
propriety permit more than a reference
to them herein These children, iu a
word, are enervated by idleness, cor
rupted in body and soul, without the
possibility of acquiring or recovering
their self-respect, prepared for pauper
ism and crime, effectually wrecked at
outset of life. This situation of affairs
is earnestly commended to your action.
Acts of Assembly touching the remedy
of this evil have been prepared by sev
eral parties, who have studied in this
phase of the social problem- The sub
ject is not without difficulty A stat
ute forbidding the reception or reten
tion in any alms house or poor house
of any child between two and sixteen
years of age, will be an indispensable
starting point. Private charity would
best point out the direction of the next
steps. In the absence of understood
facts to stimulate the enthusiasm and
fervor of private charity in this behalf,
and of adequate reasons to have sug
gested the economy of private associa
tions to look after this class of children,
it may become your duty to devise the
entire scheme. It would be gratifying
if we had, throughout the State, more
corporations of benevolent persons ad
dressing themselves to this evil. Upon
them, as a basis, the alms house and
poor boards, could operate with money
aid, official inspection, and administra
tive sanction. Any and all routes to
the re.-ults you seek, will lead to the
well tried expedient of placing these
children in natural families, or the fam
ily and farm school. Good examples
will occur to you among the various
"Homes for Friendless Children," al
ready iu existence, and no better mod
els can be found than many of the
"Soldier's Orphans' Schools," now un
der State patronage.
Confessedly, there is a danger in this
mode ci relief to lie avoided. A too
careless or too profuse provision might
render pauperism a desirable occupa
tion The tendency, at the best, of such
enactments, is to release parents from
a responsible sense of the dutv of pro
viding for their offspring, and to en
courage improvidence. In a certain
sense, they cannot cure distress, but
only shift it from one part of the com
munity to another. Any plan will be
confronted with a fatal objection which
enables the recipients of State bounty
to elude, in any serious degree, the
necessities of their social existence.
In your wisdom, you will devise
some relief from the perplexities of this
situation. This relief should, however,
lie a local and not a State charge. The
burden of the renft>dv should be borne
bv the local poor boards. It is only by
localizing this form of charity that effi
cient supervision can be secured, tbe
guarantee of economical administration
be preserved, and the risk of mendi
cancy becoming profitable be avoided.
The Governor has the following to
pay about our prisons and prison dis
cipline, houses of refuge and reform
schools, all of which is worthy of tbe
attention of all good citizens:
HOUSES OJf REFUGE AM) REFORM
SCHOOLS.
Fortunately, the policy and the right
of the State to organize a system of
public instruction have passed beyond
the region of contention. Results
have vindicated its wisdom as well as
its cost. Following close upon it, is
another topic upon which much of the
very best thought of the ablest and
purest philanthropists has been exp"n
ded : the duty of society to its dan
gerous and criminal classes. It is not
material, htre am} now, to discuss the
objects of the enforcement of ppfflinal
law, whether it be mere punishment
for the sake of punishment, the protec
tion of society, the reformation of the
offender, or all of these. Nor is it my
purpose to enter upon the details of
prison management, whether they
should be ordered un4 or the separate
system, or the congregate Jsygtem ; nor
is it indispensable, as a preliminary,
to settle the question of the proper dis.
position of the products of convict la
bor. What rights has society over its
criminals,and the classes out of which
they come ? There can be no prompt
method of putting down crime. It is
incurable, except by a gradual process
Whoever employs that process expect
ing to realize any romantic results, or
with Utopian theories, will relize noth
ing. But we are no| H'itl)t»U{. certain
definite and practical resists, which
have been reached in our own State as
Well as in many others- The whole
ground is by no means unexplored,
nor has the wh&lp gruyin) Ijeen, by any
means, fully covered.
We have ascertained facts and relia
ble data, in view of which we can go
forward and in the safe direction of as
sured progress. We have undertaken
J.O educate the ignorant, tD feed the
hungry, jpjd to cure lljc diseased, by
State appliances, am} at the public
cost. How can we best curb tlje
vicious? A distinguished publicist has
that "whoever has the right to
hang has the right to ejJjjcate." Or,
as no one now disputes "the right" to
educate, it may justly be said that
whoever has the light to hang has
„the duty" tc educate. The prison
statistics of the whole country show
some startling a l "} unexpected facts.
Too inu h care capupt be tajiep to
avoid hasty, immature, and unwarran
ted conclusions from statistics. There
is no imposition which vip may not
make upon ourselves by hasty jugglery
with half-facts. For instance, there
haye been since 1870, in the Eastern
J'eiijb-'iitiary at Philadelphia, convicts
twenty-one yeiifij of ajje atjd under, to
the number of nine hundred and fody
six. Of these' six hundred and fifty
eight bad attended public schools,
seventeen private schools, and two
LumJre<j amj seventy-one had never
attended school. >*o ;,;|_»cli for their
educational relations. When their in
dustrial relations are looked after, we
find thut out of the nine hundred and
forty-six, as many us eight hundred
<1 uj eighty-four were iinapprenticed,
and seven hijiiifrc-l &V«")ty-t\yo had
no trade.
In the Western penitentiary, at
Pittsburgh, of three hundred and
twelve prisoners admitted during 1879 :
Could not read or write - - 34
Re.i'l and write ini|»erfectly - 96
Read and write - 181 '
Supefiyf education - 1
Total 81* '
Attended public schools - 265
Attended private chools 4
Never went to school - - 43
312 |
Now, of those who had "attended j
schoo'," it would be unfair to assume ■
thut they ha I re eiwd a IV more than an j
imperfect au<l rudimentary instruction.
But it tenda to prove that mere ele
mentavy education, with the moral pow
ers untouched, is uo very important bar
rier against crime. As at the best,
however, there can be no moral devel
opement iu the absence of mental cul
tivation, "attendance at school" must
lie at tbe base of all reform. But the
figures showing the industrial relations
are significant, and lead us close to tbe
occasion of and inducements to crime.
It is the absence of a trade, the want of
employment, and consequent idleness.
The remedy then must be sought in
that direction, and our schemes of edu
cation must be advanced to meet this
condition of things. Tbe State finds
itself, under the laws of the land, the
custodian of a number of young crim
inals. In one way or another in early
life, a number of citizens have fallen iu
to the meshes of the law, and b-ve be
come objects of State treatment, and, if
}'ou please, of State punishment. Un
ber ordinary human experience without
the application of some reformatory
measures, these youths will only go ou
from bad to worse, until they fall into
the meshes of the l.w, and have be
come object of State treatment, and, if
you please, of Slate punishment- Un
der ordinary human experience, with
out the application of some reformatory
measures, these youths will only go
on from bad to worse, until they fall
into the well-defined criminal class, to
which they will then, certainly aud
surely, belong. They will inevitably
become charges upon the State, either
as paupers or malelactors. They may
be thus contemplated as men and
women who are likely to spend their
lives in penitentiaries rnd jails, unless
society, which must recognize their
existence, can make better use of them.
Any measure of education aud discip
line, then, which will save society the
duty of imprisouing or hanging them
will become expedient and proper.
What can be done for the very young,
up to the age of sixteen years, who, by
commitments by courts and.magistra
tes, have fallen into the hands of the
law, for various offenses has been well
exemplified by the Housesf Refuge, in
Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania
Reform School, at Morganza. Amid
some controversy over these schools,
and the methods at the bottom of them,
it is too late now to questiou their
value and service, although neither
has, as jet, reached an equipment ne
cessary for the best work. The pur
pose of their existence, and the aim of
their managers is to rescue their in
mates from the evil associations out of
which they have come, and to re-form
them. Few of these waifs have respon
sible parentage or guardianship. They
are quite sure to become State charges.
The State, cooperating with private
benefactors, proposes to return them,
self-supporting, to society under the
best auspices the case will admit.
Within the limits of the school they
are molded, intellectually and morally,
by competent, cq-refql teaphor*, and
instructed., traiqecj, and drilled to some
trade or industrial pursuit. Tbceffo r t
is to reproduce, within the enclosure,
the exact condition of society they will
encounter when they return to the
world. Th s requires time, and t}je
inmates aio retained until the work is,
more or less completely, done The
process goes upon the correct and safe
assumption that it is impossible to re
form the conduct of a child or man
without first measurably reforming
his nature. The scheme is no longer
an experiment, as it has been faith
full}' worked out in England, France,
Germany, and many of the States of
our Union. This leads up to &n ex
tension of the general method, which,
iu tljp ii)(Jgii}et)t of political economists
of the very highost authority, prQtfiiseg
the most beneficent results. This will
include all the first offenders, except
of the most brutal type, under the age,
say, of thirty years. The purpose of
the process is to return them, too, to
socjety with the preparation and (jiei
pliiie best fitted to enable them tq earn
an honest livelihood, permit them to
retain their self-respect, and fit them to
resume their places among their fellow
pieq, if they so choose, without the
brand of ir.futaoLjs punishment or pf<q«*l
servitude upon them. The aim and
scope is to give the convict intellectual,
moral, aud industrial training, systema
tic habits, and definite purposes, in a
reformatory school, aud uot in a peni
tentiary: to afford him another chance
in, life; in short, to help him to help
bin) self.
In the discretion of the court render
ing the sentence, defendants, convicted
of a first offense of such magnitude as
Jo justify adequate imprisonment, mid
under the age of thirty yeats, are uoni
mitted to such an intermediate prison.
They go without a determinate sen
tence, but cannot be held for a period
longer than the maximum term fixed
by law for the offense. Under a proper
system of grades and classes and marks,
every ijiotiyu tu ih'orteq thP H ! !"M Of
detention is prescutei): T|;at period
will lie ii| the discretion of the proper
oQ)cers of the institution. Positions
in Jifp are foijipl for them, and they
may then be conditionally discharged
on parole, reporting from time to tune
thereafter their behavior and surround
ings; or, in default thereof, or of good
conduct for a prescribed period, liable
tq li" feti|i*ned t' ie institution. It
has been by experience that tl)e
prisoners thi|s discharged haye heeij
well received again by society, and, in
que of' the largest institutions of this
kind in gur land, it is olljcially reported
that less than seven per cpnt. of thp
number discharged have failed to main
tain their promise of good conduct. I |
refer to the reformatory at Klijlira,
New Vorjf. Th" Apt:} crea|iqg it, and
the practical management there cftrrjetj i
out, are worthy of attention and study, j
Such an institution, after the first -
investment in buildings and appoint
ments, i]iay become self-supporting.
If it be objected that it is the organisa
tion of a trade or industrial school hy
the State, with all its inmates gathered
from the criminal classes, it mqst be
answered that a practical people must j
do practical things, and that oqr first |
business ip to fpuipfiy t ' ,e '!»'>*- !
chief. Perhaps the time ought not tQ !
be far distant when every child and
young man of Pennsylvania may be
enabled to become a voluntary pupil
in a State industrial or technical school;
but we manifestly owe an earlier duty
in another direction. .
' Aifvertfae in tbfa CITIKHf.
Refused To Tako The Oath*
A remarkable incident occurred at
Harrisburg, last Tuesday, during tbe
organization of the Senate. When
the roll of Senators returned as elected
had In en called, and Judge Pearson
was engaged in administering the oath
of office to them. Hon. Eckley B. Coxe,
of Drifton, Luzerne county, elected as
a Democrat from the Twenty-first
Senatorial district, arose and announced
that he declined to take the oath of of
fice, because he could not consistent! v
do so. He read a !<>ng address to his
constituents, in which he says that he
spent money fur politic.il assessments
and contributions, advertising political
meetings, organizing clubs and paying
their expenses, paying taxes, clerk
hire, naturalization, to men at the
polls for work, etc. In conclusion
Mr. Coxe says :
It may be asked, why did I spend
this money, knowing the consequen
ces ? The answer is : I did not under
stand, until I was well into the cam
paign, what I would be called upon to
pay fur, and when I did I felt that if I
should retire I would, as there was a
third ticket in the field, endanger not
only tbe success of the county ticket,
which I was very auxious to see elec
ted, but also, perhaps, of the national
ticket; and, although in the heat and
confusion of the campaign, I was
always very particular not to contrib
ute a cent for any improper purpose, I
was nut able, in the few weeks it
lasted, to consider the whole question
as I have since.
I did, however, determine twice to
retire froth the hold, bat upon reflection
I resolved to fight it out on the line of
spending what I could honestly for
the success of the whole ticket, so as
not to endanger its defeat by my with
drawal, and to decline to take my seat
if upon careful consideration of the
subject in the nine weeks that would
elapse betweoi election day and the
meeting of the Senate I should decide
that any part of the money was used
for "expenses not expressly authorized
by late." Having made this full aud
frank statement of the facts, I wish to
say that if I had doue anything that
1 considered wrong or anything which
I would isb tit hide, 1 could have
resigned before the meeting of the
Senate, giving as a reason my busi
ness engagements, or something of
that kind, but such is not the case. I
have nothing to conceal, nothiug to be
ashamed of, aud am ready, as every
houest man should be, to suffer the
consequences of my actions. I make
no claim to having been deceived or
kept in ignorance. What J did, I did
with my ov'iM opttu.
Lieutenant Governor Stone ordered
Mr. Coxe's statement to be placed
upon the journal, and no further action
was taken, Mr. Coxe's declination t'>
be sworn being respected apparently
by common consent. Tho address of
Mr. C >xc, from which the foregoing
extract is made, bears his name prin
ted at the bottom as "late Senator
elect for the Twenty-sixth district."
The refusal of Mr. Coxe to take the
oath from purely conscienii JUS motives
has created sensation, it being tho first
time in ihe history of the Legislature
that any member has refused to be
sworn in. Mr. Co.\e says ho consul
ted biji lawyers (one of them being
franklin B. Gowen), and was advis
ed that ho could not conscientiously
take the oath of office. It is remarked
that if Coxe's reasons, as set forth in
his address to his constitqpnU, are
the only reasons for his self-disbar
ment, then the great marjority of offi
ocps (Senators included) arc in the
same boat. Mr. C'oxe is not a pro
fessional politician, and consequently
i» not the paaauwir of an elastic coa
aciontie, ](U reference to tho manner
of his expenditure of money created
some laughter, and there was a gen
eral expression of sympathy for him
among the "old stagers." It is already
intimated that the people of his dis
trict should re-elect him unanimously,
but Mr. Coxe says he will not run.
Ajore'n the pity : for a raro qvj«
him is not often taund as a candidate.
Judge Pearson was asked regarding
Mr. Coxe's refusal to take the oath,
aud said the Senate could do nothing
more than declare his seat vacant ami
order a uew election. The Judgo
tyoiild not express an opinion as to
whether Mr. Coxe could be prosecu
ted criminally. Regarding the chances
of Mr. Miner, who ran as Code's oppo.
nent, ,the Judge said that ho could
have QQ vyhatevpr.
County IJelecllve,
SUMMIT TP., JAN. 10, 1881.
| EDITOR* CITIZEN:— WiII you please
j inform the people of the county what
I necessity there now is for the office o!
I County Detective. That offiee wm
j iptcMitiet), Yfts ijntleriatantj, for tlnjes
! when the business of the Court was
| large and a special officer needed. Hut
I has not that occasion passed n\vay,
! ai)(J cannot tbe tfon»Ub|e« qow (|o »IJ
i the worlj pen qifpd > A nc|
■st ould not the #:>00 salary pai(i 11
I County Detective now l>e saved to
the tax payers? The Court, we learn,
! under the law IKIS a discretionary
! power to appoint such an officer or not,
j and the very general opinion ig
t|io utjjee |)Uri bpuuifju useless and
almost a sinecu'p. A TAX PAYER
J (The above wriier sccips to under
stand the matter be writes of, and WO
bylieye l|e expresses the (JPMefal opinion
of the community on the question of
continuing the office of County Detec
! tive.— KD.)
><» Hospital \ee«le<l.
>fo palatial bospiul nfwdud for Hop
Hitters patients, nor large-salaried tal
ented puffers to tell what l{op Bitters
will do or t-ure, as they tell their own
story by their ce tain and absolute
cures at home. — New itir£ Independ
ent.
V. li> .Should I'liCj
No man or woman can do satisfac
tory w or k when the brain is dull, the
nerves unsteady, tjie system relaxed
and they feel generally wretched.
Why should lawyers, merchants, cler
gyman, doctors, mechanics or mothers
often miserably drug "through their
work in this condition, wben a sipalj
amount of I'arjcer's Ginger Touic will
always, at moderate cost, clear the
brain and give them the strength and
the will to perform their duties satis,
factorily. We have felt its strengthen
ing and bracing effects and can recom«
mend it most highly- See other col
umn.—Ejo.
An Ebensburg man stole a ride on a
freight truin near Altoona, stole he
conductor's watch and then irked he
conductor, ilis energy landed bim la
jail. [
HOLIDAY PRESENTS!
GRAND BISPLAY THIS WEEK AT
Rosenbaum & Co.'s,
112* 11-+ i HO, Market Street, Cor. Liberty Street,
PITTE BURGH,
FOR BUY
KID GLOVES.
PKESFNTS SILK UMBRELLAS,
°* ALPACA UMBRELLAS,
LEATHER SATCHELS,
PORTMONNIES,
I'RT SENTS. GENTS CARD CASES,
SILK MUFFLERS,
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS,
■K'T, . LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
I IILBI'.A I>. HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFB,
. EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS.
MOTTO HANDKERCHIEFS,
PRITSPVI'VI JEWELRY BOXES,
I UR.NL,.> I R*. BREASTPINS,
CUFF BUTTONS,
PRF<I. , VT< SCARF PINS,
1 I UNDERWEAR,
SILK SUSPENDERS,
CARDIGAN JACKETS,
PRESEN'I S. LACE SCARFS,
GENT'S SCARFS,
SCISSORS, KNIVES,
U>L> LV RV'l'C LADIES' FANCY SETS,
1 IB. • FUR SETS, FUR CAPS,
TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS.
ESF" Ami 1,000 oth«r useful Presents at Immense LOW PRICES-
I. FIRE & Bro.
fQQ audi IQ2 Pcderai St, All«g!i©aj.
We Are New Daily Opening New and Choice
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS I I
Of Fvory Description, Comprising in part the following
• ■ ' a-
Mlxed I>re-« Goods. r.>;, a. id. ic, •.
l'lain Ores.* Co.>.|s. hi all colors and .-.hades, 124
10. 20.-. I
i 'ashmeres. IS, at, 2>c
<'akbiik'n>. very \yi<t" extm value, 30. S.V.
l'reilcli ("iiKjmiorc. ail-Wool, K«, 15. soe.
KrriH.ii ('ushni' Tt*. all-Wool, very fl:ie. GO, 75c, $1
Henrietta t'lotli. good tiu::litv. r>o. io. 75c.
Henrietta C.oth, Si!k W :trp, 91, Si.a", s\.r<o.
Iu Black ami Colored Silks.
We oHVr extra iiulueen.eiiU 111 oidcr to reduce
' tiin heavy stock on liaml.
Wp offer a beautiful IH.u-U Velvet at ■'■O mid 75c.
Urocade Ve:»et>. lliack mid Colored, new and
beoutiful styles. 75c and *l.
We have this day open* d :i very lanci lot of Silk
Fringe*, Trimming*, Silks. .Satins, Ac.
In CI.OAKS ami IMM.MANS our assortment Is
very complete, which enables us to suit every
body.
Buyers of Dry Goods are respectfully requested to give us a call befor* par
chasing elsewhere, and we feel confident that every one will leave our
establishment with the conviction of having saved money.
M. FIRE & BEG.,
100 and 102 federal Street, Allegheny
"NEW
FLOUR&FEED
STORES,
REIBER'S BLOCK
Jefferson St., Butler, Pa.
All the Flour made by the New Process and sold as low as $1.25 per
aack, and up to 81.7 ft per sack. Also, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, and
bolted and unbolted Corn Meal.
All kinds of Feed—Chop, Bran, Corn, Oats and all kinds of Mill Feed.
All kinds of grain bought at Store or Mill, and Highest Cash Price Paid.
Custom Work done at Mill by the New Process Machinery and grists
warranted to be equal in quantity and quality to those ground anywhere else.
Greorge _Reil:>ei», Sr.
«£*£» &
DECEMBER Ist, 1880.
J UST~ RECEIVED,
2,000 Yds. Genuine Silk Mixed'
PERSIAN' NOVELTIES!
And placed on sale at the REMARKABLE price of 20 cents, about
one-third their value.
h I ISAROAINB! I
(.lie li>t Imported JlandkiTclilof VI aid*, at :i74c,
fo:n er price, Tf.c.
One li>t Handkerchief I'laitCue goo<!s, TB«,i
former price, *1 :£•.
One lot Elegant Handkerchief I'lidda ut 91. for
mer tiripa 91 .M ui'vsunit.
A |V filwM "f tliesp recent purchases ami stylish
<livsi,7|;s.
One case Fli-gaiil Satin Side Bund Kreneli Suit -
lugs 91.7\ former price, blacks ami colors.
.Su:>cih qi.ailtles M-ii.eh All-Woo! French Dress
(100 ts at ro. si ai d and correct shades to
combine, with Satins, Mushes, Velvets and Kailn ,
Del.yon Brocades, uou sold It) Mtt'ii limp'sume de- |,
signs at our silk counters at siioh low prlees for
elcuivnt <ju«litie».
MafciiXluciit Kilk Novelties, 91.»0 to 92-'\ mime
of the roriuvr sold recently at 93.
American Dress Hoods Departmeht—Caxhmetes I
besl shades, at t'i'je tin.
Choice Double Width Armures, 'jue tip. M
riidils, ii l 4. 111, 12', and I.V, Um Iwo latter In styl- ,
Nil e(Teo|x, and all these «oil-know 11 American i
fal iicx iflviiiK tuiiismiiers comfort and good ser- j
vice. In inanv instances giving more service than ,
some good* at several times their cost.
Choice Colored Satins and Urocele Velvets.
Extra Wide Black Satins and Velvets for Skirts '
and TrliiimliiKS. h
ROGOS & BUHL,
118 and 120 Federal Street, Allegheny.
N. " Flannels. Mm k< ih ai.d Winter Underwear and Holeery, Domestic and Houiieke«piiig
Ooiklh wholesale »nd retail. at price* mill iently low to attract th« closest cunh or short time buy
er* Willi approved credit. New ltiaok and coloied Milk (lirdles, Spikes. Tannela. Beads, Balis, Im
ported lintt<>iih. in two fixes. to inntcli for ('oetiimee and JaoketK.
rMnnnREWARD piiFs
■ I ■ II II I I Pctnidlri* Pit" , that DelUii*'* I'll© I IBmBbW
| H| || || Beniprf.v fell -to cure It allaya the luhiof, abaorta the
I I I | I fl | TNUIFI - kl'-« T'"'*"'!"'<•'Ll'F Prepared liyjTft Miller, M.D.,
■ll 111 | ■ If | Pliilu<]rl|iliia, l*a. «'A tTIOW.- Afu frmmme tmlett iprey-
Hv I VV Vrip V r >m 0-rtU caniuim in kiKoatsrv <■"«< a Mia efSteaea.
All drugguta aeil cuuntry >tore* have it or will fet il for jroa.
F.lcclloii \of in*.
THK memliera of tin) Worth Mutual Fire In-
Kiirauoe Co will tticol at theSehool House
in Went Liberty. on tho wound Saturday of Jau
uary, IHHI. bei-ig th« Bth ii.nl., at I o'clock, k
m.. for tli" purp,>ite af electing uli'ern for the
eiii-iutig y«*r J. M. MA"HMALL. HeoV
cons&TO N
11 Curtd at boat* jjjJ .
BP A (—fwaaof
tit MMliuniM •>'
vA V* air«ci i. ta* • "'* !
> %~ciwL M a wM,k> ' " **' l
f- C&nauMM\«i« »«
AUAmm. J. Fr»#» Pillrr, I U- j
iiIHU CWT- » M 1
l/lrM Mi>> »#4Wto u, I
Mr. IMh * Artb *•-, U r
B a -
Extra Bargains in Housekeeping Goods.
Heavy Blankets »1.25, $1.50. $2.
1 Heavy country Blankets, Colored and White 95,
*5.50, JC.
Table Cloth. 20, 25. 35,50 c.
Turkey Red Table Damask, fast color 50, 60, 75c,
Grey Flannel, 124,16, 30 and 25c.
Ked Flannels, 20, 25 and 3uc.
Colored, While and Scarlet Underwear for In
dies and Gents' from the lowest grades to the very
best, at exceedingly low prices.
Our Stock in Hosiery and Glove*
is venr full and comprises in part the following:
Ladles' Gloves, 124, 15, 20, 25, 35c.
Indies' Gloves, verv su|>erior goods, 50, 73c, *t.
Ladies' Hose, 8, 10, 124. 15c.
Ladies' Hose, much better, 25, 35, BOc.
Gents' Half-hose 10, 124, 15. aoe.
Gents' Half-hose, extra value, 25, 33, B0«.
We have Just received a large lot of regular
made Hoisery, all wool, beautiful goods, and to b«
sold very low.
CI-OAK DEPARTMENT !
Dally replenished with New Styles.
I Exquisite Kit and Stylish Materials.
A large lot Elegant New Shapa Dolinann at fUO,
the best garmeul ever sold at this price.
J At KKTS AND CLOAKS
At *a. $6, 96.30. »*. 910 and 913,
that are Special Bargain*.
Dolmans and Jackets at «*.M,910, 912.50, sls, 919
*» and 925, at these prtcua we invite special atten
tion.
Kino Wrv * and QarmenU at 935, #4O, 950,
Jf>s, f 76. 9IM) and up to 9KO. stately and nobbr
itvlaa. iu Bilk; Satin d'Lyou and Hicilieuue. hoed
with Satin in black, wine and old gold and fnr,
and trimmed with far, beaded paaaementeiia,
plushes, Ac., to ault the fancy of almost any
; purchaser.
BEAL BAOQDEB,
'Genuine London dye, 9125, 9150, 9175,9900 and
i»260.
Elegant Otter and Seal Dolmans 9265 to 9360.
Extra large assortment Eur-heed Circulars,
; >35 to 990 each.
Choice l.ine OircularH, ravle from new Ulster
stte Cloths, #5 to 910, extra full made to meaa
,ure within two days,
Mot lee.
• K IOTICE In hwhy given that It is tho fnten
d IN tiou of the citizen* of Clay townah'.p to ap
- ply to the coining Legislature for the repeal of
i tho pr»Mout roal law over the tame, known as
i the ••Worth Tp . Road Law," and which was ex
tended to ssid Olay township. by Act of Aseem
hly of March. 187S, which said act it is here
by sought to be repealed and the old law rein
stated. ftdectt
IVotlee to Tax Collectors.
No further notice will 1 e given by the Com
miiMiounrrf or Oo unly Trcanurer to delinquent
i Tax Colloot >m back of 18H0. as it ia the inten
tion of tilt Oom n isxionem to 1 sua on them im
mediately after tli e tirst of Fehruuv next.
bY OB I)EH OFCOMMIh&ONKRS.
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